Improved ironing-table and clothes-drier



y with the ironing-table by the hars H H.

f ema sont @strut iiiiw WILL-IAM P. ADAMS, or BROOKLYN,` NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 97,851, dated December 1li, 1869.

To' all 'lohontit aimy'concern l VBe it known that I, WILLIAM P. ADAMS, of Brook- `lyn inthe county of Kings, and State of New York,

`,have invented a new and useful' Improvement in Gom-v binc'd Ironing-Table and Olothes-Drier; and I do hereby declare 'that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, vwhich will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to 4the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specilication.

This invention relates to a new and useful'improVe--- ment in an articleiortlie laundry, and consists in an adj ustableironing-table, and, in combination therewith,

a clothes-drier, arranged as hereinafter more fully described.

The accompanying drawing representsa perspective viewof the article.

. Similar letters of reference indicatecorrespondingv parts.

A. is the frame or stand, consisting of two uprights B B, Vconnected Atogether by the horizontal rail C, and `mortised into the foundation-pieces I) I).

On the-top of the uprights B B are cap-pieces E E,

vfsecured 4firmly thereto, which support the ironingboard F. This ironing-hoard is pivoted to one ofthe cap-pieces, from which it may be removed or swung round on its pivot, so'as to admit'skirts or other garments. For ironing eith'er shirts Or otherarticles, it is supported by both the caps E E, and forms the iron# ingtable.

` G is vau extension clothes-drier, which.scOimected 'lhes'e bars are pivot-ed to the stands l B, but arerigidlvattached to the clothes-drier.` v

Connected in this manuel', itwill be seen that the drier may be placed iu diierent positions for use.

As represented in the-drawing," the rounds I ot' the drier stand nearly-iu a vertical position, and the drier sides of the drier.

The drier is made in three sections. k Icare the sides' of the main section, which have is supported .by the slatsV JJ, which are pivoted to the .i

a dovetail, as seen at Q.

rounds I extending from one to the other, made fast thereto. v

M M represent the sides ot' the movable sections, which slide ou the rounds of the lmain section, and whose rounds N pass through holes in the sides K K, intermediately between the stationary' rounds 'IL 1twill be seen that the sides M. M, when moved `from the centre in each direction, twill elongate the i drier, and their rounds iT will project as sec'uin the drawing.

1 By vremoving the table or ironing-hoard F entirely from the trame A, the hars H H are madeto take an upright position, while the clothes-drier will occupy a horizontal position.

'.lhe drier is secured in this position by means of buttons 0 ou the upright-s B l5.

Then the ironing-table F is in place, (on, both the caps E,) its unpivoted end is kept in position by buttons on the cap, as seen at l. Y

\Vhen the sliding sections'of' the drier are moved inward to,the'eeu'trdthe ends ofthe rounds' N will not project, but he tlnsh with the sides K. In this position the slats J J are turned up so 'as to cover the outer sides of K K, and are kept in that position by By this arrangement the apparatus for ironing and drying clothes is always at hand, the ironing-table and ironing-board being essentially the saule thing.

Theadvantages of this arrangement will'be readily understood and appreciated by all liousekeepers. Having thus'described my invention, l ciainr'as new, and desire tir-secure by Letters Patentl. The extension clothes-drier G, oonstructcdaud operating as described, for the purpose set forth. 2. lhe combination otthe clothesdrier G and the frame A and ironing-board .Ff as and-for the purposes Set-forth. i i

WM. P. ADAMS. lVitnesses:

om. W. MABEE, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

